237 W. 42nd St. (212-997-4144)—June 7: Dan Hicks created the Hot Licks as a novelty opening act for his classic sixties San Francisco garage band, the Charlatans. The Charlatans are long gone, but the Licks live on. The drummerless acoustic group, built on the Django Reinhardt model, swings jazz, cowboy, and American pop, with female vocalists in close harmony behind Hicks’s low-key, wry, and often very funny leadership. June 14: The crazed reggae producer Lee (Scratch) Perry. June 17: The saxophonist and bandleader Maceo Parker has a sterling funk résumé, having done stints with James Brown and George Clinton.

BEACON THEATRE

Broadway at 74th St. (212-307-7171)—June 10-11 and June 13: The acerbic FM rockers Steely Dan. June 16: Madeleine Peyroux, a singer who blends Billie Holiday-esque sass with country-and-Western spunk.

BOWERY BALLROOM

6 Delancey St. (212-533-2111)—June 11: Maroon 5 first appeared five years ago with poppy, hook-laden rock, buoyed by the good looks and soulful vocals of its front man, Adam Levine. The group’s début album, “Songs About Jane,” served up several maddeningly inescapable singles, among them “This Love” and “She Will Be Loved.” Now the pressure is on for the band to deliver the goods once again with its sophomore album, “It Won’t Be Soon Before Long.” June 16: The Heartless Bastards are a trio from Ohio who excise Midwestern ennui with intense blues rock. June 17: Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine. As if their name didn’t give away everything you could possibly need to know about their smarmy shtick, R.C. & L.A.T.M. is a novelty act that plays cocktail-lounge cover versions of material by artists ranging from Destiny’s Child to Rush. It’s a gimmick that, somewhat amazingly, has sustained them through five albums.

CARNEGIE HALL

57th St. at Seventh Ave. (212-247-7800)—June 13: Pink Martini, a mini-orchestra from Portland, Oregon, led by the classically trained pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale, sashays between Cuban rumbas, French café music, and myriad other genres. Its latest album, “Hey Eugene!,” takes its title from a lightly funky tune about a missed romantic connection in New York City, written by the group’s peerless vocalist, China Forbes.

CELEBRATE BROOKLYN!

Prospect Park Band Shell, Prospect Park W. at 9th St. (718-855-7882, ext. 45)—June 14: The Neville Brothers, from New Orleans, kick off the twenty-ninth season of music in Brooklyn’s back yard. June 16: Joan Osborne, one of rock’s most distinctive vocalists, has a sleepy new album of classic soul and R. & B. covers, “Breakfast in Bed.” Joining her here are the saxophonist and composer Roy Nathanson and the Jazz Passengers, whose latest project takes on the music of the Supremes.

CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE

Rumsey Playfield, mid-Park at 72nd St. (212-360-2777)—The mostly free outdoor music series starts June 8, with a benefit appearance by the British soul phenom Joss Stone, who will be joined by the Brooklyn rapper Common. June 15: The versatile jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson. June 16: The seminal punk-rock band Television. With the shiny pop of Apples in Stereo and the trippy soul rockers Dragons of Zynth.

FILLMORE NEW YORK AT IRVING PLAZA

17 Irving Pl., at 15th St. (212-777-6800)—June 6-7: The loud, feedback-laden marvel known as Dinosaur Jr. was spawned in the mid-eighties in Amherst, Massachusetts, and before the end of the decade had established itself in the pantheon of college rock. The guitarist and singer J Mascis carried the band’s name through the nineties (without the bassist Lou Barlow), but two years ago everyone patched things up. Now the original trio (rounded out by the drummer Murph) has a new album, “Beyond,” which finds the band picking up right where it left off.

JOE’S PUB

425 Lafayette St. (212-539-8777)—June 6: The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Eleni Mandell was weaned on artists like Tom Waits and X, and her dark and sexy songs have been compared to those of everyone from Chan Marshall to Patsy Cline. She has a sometimes smoky, sometimes wistful delivery, and, more often than not, her songs take on love from some new perspective, be it driving on a wintry road (“Salt Truck”) or imagining the subject of a lover’s dreams (“Girls”), as she does on her new album, “Miracle of Five.” June 11: Florence Henderson takes a musical look back at her show-biz career. June 14: The British rocker Fionn O Lochlainn, whose fans include Billy Bragg.

LIVING ROOM

154 Ludlow St. (212-533-7235)—June 7: John Doe, who rose to fame as the front man for the Los Angeles punk band X, delivers songs from his new solo album, “A Year in the Wilderness.”

MIDSUMMER NIGHT SWING

The alfresco dancing at Lincoln Center commences on June 19 with a thunderous bang as George Gee & His Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra take on David Berger & the Sultans of Swing in a battle of the bands; at its peak, the event promises some thirty musicians playing at the same time. (212-721-6500. Through July 21.)

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL

Sixth Ave. at 50th St. (212-247-4777)—June 18: The “True Colors” concert unites some of the biggest names of the not so distant past, including Cyndi Lauper, Erasure, and Debbie Harry, with such up-and-coming acts as the Dresden Dolls and the Gossip. They are touring in the name of promoting equality and raising public consciousness about issues facing gay, lesbian, and transgender people; a portion of the ticket price goes to the Human Rights Campaign.

RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL

June 12: The reticent English songwriter Joan Armatrading makes a relatively rare New York City visit. Her new album, “Into the Blues,” is an exploration of the essential American genre. (World Financial Center Plaza.) June 13: Booker T and the MG’s, the studio band of the legendary Memphis label Stax in the sixties and early seventies, gets support from Sharon Jones, a powerhouse soul singer and erstwhile corrections officer. (Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City.) (For more information about this free downtown festival, visit www.rivertorivernyc.com.)

ROSELAND

239 W. 52nd St. (212-307-7171)—June 8-9: Sacramento’s Deftones were lumped together with the nu-metal crowd because of their burly blend of rock, punctuated by vein-popping screams, but the band has evolved significantly through its twelve-year history, and the music now encompasses a progressively more expansive, cinematic scope. While the Deftones might still attract a nation of goateed skateboarders with tattoos aplenty, their music deserves more credit than it is generally afforded. June 12: The bewitchingly snarky English singer Lily Allen and her impudent, ska-inflected pop.

TOWN HALL

123 W. 43rd St. (212-840-2824)—The Canadian performer and Broken Social Scene alum Feist has matured from a purveyor of easy-listening music for the hipster set into a sharp singer-songwriter. She’s here June 11-12 with songs from her new album, “The Reminder.”

WEBSTER HALL

125 E. 11th St. (212-353-1600)—June 18: Albert Hammond, Jr., the son of the singer-songwriter Albert Hammond, first gained attention as the corkscrew-haired guitarist for those dressed-down Manhattanites the Strokes. It turns out that Albert, Jr., is a songwriter in his own right; he’s penned a few numbers for the Strokes, and he recently crafted a full LP of material. His début, “Yours to Keep” (featuring contributions by Sean Lennon, Ben Kweller, and the odd fellow-member of the Strokes), is a light, sunny affair.

JAZZ AND STANDARDS

ALGONQUIN HOTEL

59 W. 44th St. (212-840-6800)—June 12-23: Sarah Partridge played the teen-age gamine who popped up in “Risky Business” with Tom Cruise, in 1983. Even a cursory listen to her music will assure you that the now mature Partridge has transformed herself into an assured singer of hearty standards. This run is in celebration of a new album, “You Are There: Songs for My Father.”

BIRDLAND

315 W. 44th St. (212-581-3080)—June 6-9: The James Carter Organ Trio. Hearing Carter play with his compact and funky organ trio may be the best way to experience the full-frontal impact of the loquacious saxophonist. June 13-16: The David Murray Black Saint Quartet. It’s cause for celebration any time the saxophonist Murray returns to the quartet setting and sturdy repertoire of his nineteen-eighties breakthrough period on the now defunct Black Saint Records. He’s joined by the bassist Ray Drummond, the drummer Andrew Cyrille, and the pianist Lafayette Gilchrist.

BLUE NOTE

131 W. 3rd St., near Sixth Ave. (212-475-8592)—Fusion still holds a place in the hearts of veteran musicians who participated in the initial fermentation of jazz and rock and of younger players who are drawn to the intensity and freedom of the genre. Trio Beyond (here June 5-10), with the guitarist John Scofield, the drummer Jack DeJohnette, and the keyboardist Larry Goldings, patterns itself on the classic 1969 edition of Tony Williams’s groundbreaking band Lifetime. June 12-13: The virtuosic Cuban pianist Omar Sosa. June 14-17: The pianist Ramsey Lewis, the host of cable television’s “Legends of Jazz,” has veered from mainstream jazz to R. & B. and back in a remarkable career that has spanned half a century.

540 Park Ave., at 61st St. (212-339-4095)—June 5-16: No one can replace Bobby Short, the king of cabaret, but a celebrated admirer, Michael Feinstein, pays homage to the late standard-bearer.

IRIDIUM

1650 Broadway, at 51st St. (212-582-2121)—June 7-10: Freddie Cole, jazz’s premier singer, gets first-class reinforcement from the tenor saxophonist Houston Person. June 13-17: The Eddie Palmieri trio. In descriptions of the pianist Palmieri, a legendary salsa player, the word “introverted” rarely appears. The rampaging keyboardist finds room onstage for the saxophonist David Sanchez, who will have to work hard to hold his own. Mondays belong to the electric-guitar innovator Les Paul, who is celebrating his ninety-second birthday on June 11. The Mingus Big Band takes over on Tuesdays.

JAZZ STANDARD

116 E. 27th St. (212-576-2232)—June 7-10: Nicholas Payton, a stinging trumpeter as comfortable with New Orleans traditions as he is with mainstream jazz and contemporary funk, leads a quintet featuring the pianist Kevin Hays. June 14-17: The Hammond-organ revivalist Joey DeFrancesco is joined by the brawny-toned saxophonist George Coleman, a near-perfect match.

VILLAGE VANGUARD

178 Seventh Ave. S., at 11th St. (212-255-4037)—June 5-17: The composer and pianist Guillermo Klein caused a stir among the cognoscenti during the late nineties with Los Gauchos, a large ensemble stocked with fresh new jazz players. Visiting from Spain, Klein reassembles the outfit with some of its star soloists, including the saxophonists Chris Cheek and Bill McHenry and the guitarist Ben Monder. The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra holds sway on Mondays.

This article appears in the print edition of the June 11, 2007, issue.

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